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The story of Allianz Arena
This was the first stadium in the world with a full colour changing exterior. The Allianz Arena, on the Fröttmaning Heath at the northern edge of Munich's Schwabing-Freimann borough, is wrapped in inflated ETFE plastic panels, and it is the second-largest stadium in Germany after Dortmund's Westfalenstadion.
It seats 75,000 for domestic matches and 70,000 for international ones. Bayern Munich have played here since the 2005–06 season, after years at the Olympic Stadium, their home since 1972. Rivals 1860 Munich once owned half of it, but in 2006 they sold their share to Bayern for €11m to escape a serious financial crisis.
At FIFA and UEFA events the sponsor's name disappears: as the Football Arena Munich it hosted the 2012 and 2025 Champions League Finals and matches of UEFA Euro 2024. In 2022 it staged the first regular-season NFL game played in Germany. Inside, look for FC Bayern Erlebniswelt, the club museum, here since 2012.
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